Commentary
Winds of Mideast Change Worth Remembering at the Ballot Box
JNS.org - The significance of two events that have been upstaged this week by the Hebrew media’s incessant coronavirus coverage cannot be overemphasized --...
Mahmoud Abbas’ Map of Lies
JNS.org - When Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas spoke before the UN Security Council last week to denounce Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan, he brought with him a peculiar prop: a graphic with a series...
Russian Malevolence and the Return of the Monroe Doctrine
JNS.org - Bipartisanship was in short supply at the State of the Union address earlier this month -- with one notable exception. Nancy Pelosi had been looking dyspeptic, shuffling the papers she would later rip to...
How to Win the Support of Israel’s Arab Citizens
JNS.org - Time after time, the Israeli public, and the country’s courts as well, are forced to discuss the pearls of wisdom coming from the mouths of members of the Arab-majority Joint List party, especially...
How the UN Blacklist Belittles Palestinians
While the Hollywood blacklisting of the mid-20th century claimed innocent victims, it’s undeniable that the...
Why Each Person in a Community Matters
Just over 25 years ago, on January 12, 1995, an extremely controversial wildlife experiment was...
American Jews ‘Dismayed’ by Israel
Of the writing of books critical of Israel by American Jews, invariably liberals, there is...
Warren, Sanders, Bloomberg and Buttigieg — Israel’s Standing in Today’s Democratic Party
Elizabeth Warren has run out of steam, danken gott (thank God), her professorial persona full of numbers that...
Can Trump’s Iran Policy Succeed in the Long Run?
JNS.org - The following was delivered in a speech to the Conference of Presidents of...
Winds of Mideast Change Worth Remembering at the Ballot Box
JNS.org - The significance of two events that have been upstaged this week by the Hebrew media’s incessant coronavirus coverage cannot be overemphasized -- particularly...
Mahmoud Abbas’ Map of Lies
JNS.org - When Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas spoke before the UN Security Council last week to denounce Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan, he brought...
Russian Malevolence and the Return of the Monroe Doctrine
JNS.org - Bipartisanship was in short supply at the State of the Union address earlier this month -- with one notable exception. Nancy Pelosi had been...
How to Win the Support of Israel’s Arab Citizens
JNS.org - Time after time, the Israeli public, and the country’s courts as well, are forced to discuss the pearls of wisdom coming from the...
How the UN Blacklist Belittles Palestinians
While the Hollywood blacklisting of the mid-20th century claimed innocent victims, it’s undeniable that the problem of communist infiltration into US society, including the motion...
Why Each Person in a Community Matters
Just over 25 years ago, on January 12, 1995, an extremely controversial wildlife experiment was initiated at Yellowstone National Park. Eight Canadian wolves were released into...
American Jews ‘Dismayed’ by Israel
Of the writing of books critical of Israel by American Jews, invariably liberals, there is no end. All that has changed is that women have...
Warren, Sanders, Bloomberg and Buttigieg — Israel’s Standing in Today’s Democratic Party
Elizabeth Warren has run out of steam, danken gott (thank God), her professorial persona full of numbers that she equates with ethics failing to resonate with Iowa or...
Can Trump’s Iran Policy Succeed in the Long Run?
JNS.org - The following was delivered in a speech to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations’ annual Leadership Mission in Jerusalem on...
Parshat Mishpatim: We Must Understand in Our Own Way
Two words we read toward the end of our parsha -- na’aseh ve-nishma, “We will do and we will hear” -- are among the most...
Israel Is a Beacon for Religious Freedom
The Middle East of the 21st century is quickly becoming monolithic, as it sheds the religious and cultural diversity that once existed in the region....
Jordan Tells Its Palestinian Citizens, ‘We Don’t Want You’ (But They Call It ‘Right of Return’)
The Speaker of the Jordanian Senate, Faisal Al-Fayez, is sponsoring a campaign to be launched by the Palestine Committee in the House of Representatives on...
The Trump Administration Bungles the ‘Triangle Communities’ in the ‘Deal of the Century’
The “Peace to Prosperity” document, published by the White House on January 28, 2020, contains a suggestion for an area it calls the “Triangle Communities”: The...
The EU Offers a ‘Birthright’ Trip to Palestine
Birthright Israel has been offering free educational trips to Jewish youths since 1999. The purpose is to help Jewish young adults from around the world...
